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- [sting]
- /stɪŋ/
- /stɪŋ/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [sting]
- /stɪŋ/
Definitions of sting word
- verb with object sting to prick or wound with a sharp-pointed, often venom-bearing organ. 1
- verb with object sting to affect painfully or irritatingly as a result of contact, as certain plants do: to be stung by nettles. 1
- verb with object sting to cause to smart or to cause a sharp pain: The blowing sand stung his eyes. 1
- verb with object sting to cause mental or moral anguish: to be stung with remorse. 1
- verb with object sting to goad or drive, as by sharp irritation. 1
- verb with object sting Slang. to cheat or take advantage of, especially to overcharge; soak. 1
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Origin of sting
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; (v.) Middle English stingen, Old English stingan to pierce; cognate with Old Norse stinga to pierce, Gothic -stangan (in usstangan to pull out); (noun) Middle English sting(e), Old English: act of stinging, derivative of the v.
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Parts of speech for Sting
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
sting popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 96% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
sting usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for sting
noun sting
- aftertaste — An aftertaste is a taste that remains in your mouth after you have finished eating or drinking something.
- bait and switch — Bait and switch is used to refer to a sales technique in which goods are advertised at low prices in order to attract customers, although only a small number of the low-priced goods are available.
- bait-and-switch — denoting a deceptive method of selling, by which customers, attracted to a store by sale items, are told either that the advertised bargain item is out of stock or is inferior to a higher-priced item that is available.
- barratry — (formerly) the vexatious stirring up of quarrels or bringing of lawsuits
- bite — If you bite something, you use your teeth to cut into it, for example in order to eat it or break it. If an animal or person bites you, they use their teeth to hurt or injure you.
verb sting
- anguished — Anguished means showing or feeling great mental suffering or physical pain.
- beat around the bush — to talk around a subject without getting to the point
- burn — If there is a fire or a flame somewhere, you say that there is a fire or flame burning there.
- cut to the quick — done, proceeding, or occurring with promptness or rapidity, as an action, process, etc.; prompt; immediate: a quick response.
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